Douglas Duncan
Roth and Duncan, P.A.
Douglas Duncan was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 27, 1953. He received his B.A. from Ripon College where he graduated Cum Laude, and thereafter received his J.D. Cum Laude in 1980 from Hamline University. While in law school, he received the Silver Gavel Honor Society Award, and was a member of the Hamline University Law Review. Mr. Duncan was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1980 and in 1981 the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, including the Trial Bar and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. In 1990, he was also admitted to the Bar for the U.S. Supreme Court. He is currently practicing in West Palm Beach in the areas of Criminal Defense, both trials and appeals.
Mr. Duncan has authored many works, including “Fourth Amendment Standing of an Automobile Passenger,” “What Lawyers are Ethically Required to do when a Criminal Defendant Intends to Lie at Trial,” “Defense Counsel’s Ethical Obligation to Disclose or not to Disclose Prior to Sentencing that the Client has a Prior Conviction,” “Caselaw Authority for Downward Departures from a Career Offender Enhancement under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines,” Battered Woman Syndrome and Jury Instructions,” “Proper Closing Arguments in Criminal Cases Manual.”
Mr. Duncan served as Chairperson of The Florida Bar Criminal Law Section, 1995-1996; Chairperson of the Criminal Law Section of The Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1988-1989; President of the Palm Beach Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 2001. Mr. Duncan has also served as Chairperson for the Fourth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission, as well as Chairperson of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Judicial Nominating Commission. Locally, Mr. Duncan has served on many committees of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, including Chairperson of the Criminal Court Advisory Committee, Continuing Legal Education Committee and Professionalism Committee. In 2001, Mr. Duncan received the coveted Professionalism Award from the Palm Beach County Bar Association for excellence in practicing professionalism in Palm Beach County.
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